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Department of Quantity Surveying |
About Quantity Surveying Department
Welcome to the Department of Quantity Surveying at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Nigeria. ABU was the first Nigerian university to introduce the Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Quantity Surveying programme in 1971. At inception, the programme was resident in the Department of Civil Engineering. In 1972, the Quantity Surveying (QS) along with the Land Surveying (LS) Sections were separated from the Department of Civil Engineering to form an independent and unified department named Department of Surveying. The Department of Surveying produced its first set of graduates in QS in 1974.
The LS and QS Sections of the Department of Surveying have, based on the approval for separation granted by the University Senate at its 407th meeting held on the 26th of July 2007, evolved into two autonomous Departments of Geomatics Engineering and Quantity Surveying. The 410th meeting of ABU senate held on 29th November 2007 approved the movement of the newly created Department of Quantity Surveying to the Faculty of Environmental Design.
The Department of Quantity Surveying is a multi-disciplinary centre for research and teaching in a wide variety of areas that all influence our built environment. We offer programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Department built its reputation through the tremendous impact that its graduates have made in both public and private sectors. In particular, the graduates of the Department have developed exemplary best practices and anchor the development of Quantity Surveying profession in other institutions of higher learning as well as industry practice in Nigeria and abroad. Our renewed vision is to be among the top ten Quantity Surveying programmes in the world by the year 2020.
There is a considerable breadth of research being undertaken in the Department; emphasising the development, improvement and enhancement of knowledge related to Quantity Surveying and Construction. With the new postgraduate programmes, the Department aims to build upon and enhance its existing research strengths and attainments. Importantly, the Department is open to collaborations with other academic and professional institutions and construction/consulting organisations both in Nigeria and abroad.
We have an experienced and well regarded body of academic staff that specialise in a variety of areas of research expertise including procurement management, information management, financial management, value management, risk management, cost modeling, sustainable construction, project control and monitoring, gender studies and skills development. The facilities that exist in and around the Department support the learning and teaching and our students and researchers benefit from access to our state of the art computing facilities.